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A HAPPY BLENDINGL '
The amalgamated SUN AND HERALD
? reserves the best traditions oE each,
n combination they cover a wide field
and make a greater newspaper than
either, has ever been on its own.
AND THE NEW YORK HERALD
VOL. LXXXVII. NO.
LLOYD GEORGE
BACKS GREY ON
RESERVATIONS
Premier Silent in Pubjic,
hnt Full Approval Is
Understood.
CABINET IS IN ACCORD
Britons Arc Anxious for
Early Ratification of
Treaty by America.
OUR OWN TERMS GOVERN
Senator Borah's Statement
About British Indorsement
Meets Denial.
1
Iptdal Cable Dttpatch to Tun Sun and Nstt
Yon 'Hibald.
Coptright. 1920, oil right! riterved.
London-, Feb. 6. It Is denied vlcor-
eusly here In the highest official quor
ters that Premier Lloyd Georgo had
cabled to Washington that the reser
vations to the pcaco treaty were satis
factory, -as was asserted by' Senator
Borah. In connection with these de
nlals It Is learned that the British
Cabinet considers that the letter . of
Viscount Grey to the London Timet
Is the most that can bo done in the
way of an authoritative expression of
opinion upon the situation,
Premier Lloyd Georgo persistently
denies himself to Interviewers" and
scrupulously Is careful evert In personal
and private conversation not to ex
press any view upon ,tho American
situation. It Is learned that when he
was preparing his letter even Lord
Grey himself was uncertain about
some parts of it and apparently he
conferred with the Prime Minister
over It; at any rate It Is believed here
that the final -draft of the letter was
approved cither by Premier Lloyd
George or his closest Cabinet ad
visers. It Is learned further that every Influ
ence which It Is possible for a member
of the Cabinet to exercise upon the news
papers waa exerted to Induco them to
refrain from eijticlsra .of, thMqpilszn
attitude, and to follow the lead it Lord
Grey and his understanding of American
problems. There is no doubt, however,
, ,v ,,,. , . . c....'-i,r"'ls- uuring me war, 01 course. .
of tho anxiety to get the United States twas compelled to moderate Its voice.'
to ratify the treaty and to come Into Kladderdatch was less Independent and
the League of Nations on her own terms
Lecause of the moral Influence of such
action.
There Is no activity at the headquar
ters of the League of Nations. An
amusing story going the rounds of the"
clubs describes Sir Eric urummona,
secretary of the league, sitting. ,ln his
office and reading the newspapers, mark
ing nems relating 10 wuria pumics,
This ought to be watched."
This Inactivity, apparent since the
birth of the league, so far ns any Influ
ence is concerned, Is worrying .seriously
those who are trying to'acUle the Adrl
pile nnd Constantinople 'problehis;. ai
their hone has been to 'pas3 tfii respon-
nihility on to the league. It la predicted,
i.ow that the eolutlon of these two proD
lems the Adriatic and Constantinople
will be similar to that of tho Flume
(angle, the Bosporus '"-being placed In
the hands of an International commission
consisting of representatives .of Great
Britain, France, Italy and'Jcertaln Bal
kan states, tne united states not par
ticlpatlng. 1
Even In plans for the solution of the
world economic crisis the ' League of
Nations is not mentioned; In fact all
the plans that arc brought forward pro
vide for the solution of this problem by
the bankers with as little Interference
by the Covernpient as possible. Bank
ers even are Instructing tho govern
ments as to what to do to bring ex
penditure within revenues
It Is reported here that It was the
expectation of the American delegates
to the peace conference that the Pact
of London would be Ineffective after
the birth of the League of Nations, but
It is pointed out hero that the cov
enant of the 'league does not provide
lor Its denunciation "post facto" ; there?
fore, the signatories of the London
Pact are prepared to maintain Its va
lidity if they desire to enforce It against
Jugo-Slavla.
Although the covenant of the League
of Nations provides that these, matters
an bo called to the attention of the
Council of tho League, particularly If
they threaten war, no move has' been
made either by Serbia or Italy to that
end. Perhaps the best Indication of tho
Importance of the league, or the lack
of it, In public opinion U tho proposal
lomlng from some of the league's best
friends to establish tho seat of the
league In Constantinople or Vienna, both
"odd corners" of the world.
TO EXILE EX-KAISER
ON SUMATRA ISLAND
Allies Sure Dutch Cannot Re
fuse BanrnhmHiit.
tptatl Cable Dttpatch to Tns Sox tD Nsw
Yon Heuid,
Copyright, 193), all riehtt Tturxtt.
London, Feb. 5. Although the Allies
have not given up hope of compelling
Holland ultimately to surrender the for
mer Kaiser for trial, they are consid
ering now a place of banishment for
Mm In Dutch territory, as they have de
fied definitely not to permit him to re-1
Bln In Europo under any clrcum
tancet. If llnllanrt r-fM-. An,,., -
Ms person It If. asserted that the Dutch
fnnot rfuw to banish him. It waa
Named after the Geddes speech on this
tter that plans have been completed
'ready to carry the former German
"Her on a Dutch warship to Palembang,
uomra, or one'of the other Islands la
1e Dutch East Indls. th. v.' Tn4fa
lot being favored because tier we tea
-Tcsar.
159 - DAILY.
Noake Begs Germans
to Preserve Dignity
gERLIN, Dec. 5. "Preserve
all your dignity" is nn nddod
statement issued by Minister of
Defence Noske with regard to
tho demands of tho AHIcb for the
extradition of Germans desired
for war crimes.
"As great as is the excitement
of the population on account of
fcne Entonto Governments' ex
tradition demands," says Herr
Noske, "the expectation must be
expressed that tho requisite dig
nity will bo preserved by every
one, and that all molestation of
members of foreign missions and
of military commissions bo re
frained from, so that I may not
bo obliged to take moro drastic
protective measures."
STEEL MEN BOY
BERLIN DAILIES
Periodicals and Comic Papers
Also Taken by Gorman
Manufacturers.
PAPER MILLS BOUGHT TOO
Herr Stinnc's, Ono of Purchas
ers, Is a leading Mon
archist. n- TIAY3IOND 8WIXG.'
Staff Corretpondtnt of This' Scn mo Nsw
Yons nmiLD,
Copurlgkt, IKO. all rlahtt rewind.
Bermk, Feb. 5. German steel Inter
ests have entered the Berlin publish
ing field with great ambitions. Ac
cording to Toncacrts, the J'erUa Ver
lag, a comparatively new publication
founded by Hugenberg and Stlnnes,
prominent steel manufacturers, has
Just purchased Germany's best known
comic weekly, Blmplicitsimui, and also
the comic weekly Kladderdatch and
the Lutheran Publishing House, of
which August Scherl of Berlin Is the
head and which publishes the Lofcal
Anzeiger, Der Tag. Die Woche, Oar-
lenlaudc and other periodicals. Besides
these', Yorwaert 6ays that the same
Interests have acquired tho printing
establishment of Bruxcnstcln of
Berlin.
It was announced recently that Herr
Stlnnes and men associated with him
were Investing; heavily In paper manu
facturing mills, and with their purchase
of these Berlin newspapers their control
of this field would be practically com-
plelr. i
fi(mDl!ciimus in-the oast was an im
portant radical newspaper, arid persist
ently ridiculed the Junkers and the mill-
Its satire leas keen.
Herr tlnnes Is one of Germany's
three biggest men In the steel industry.
During the war he had a farreachlng In
fluence In German affairs, and Is now
regarded as the mainstay of the mon
archists and the nationalists. U was
said that in 1916 he suggested the de
portation of Belgians trom their home
country.
At that time German labor1 was under
fed and was making strong demands for
Increased waxes and better working con
ditions. Herr Stlnnes proposed that the
Belgians should be brought Into Ger
many and placed In concentration camps
in the Industrial districts, at the same
time threatening the German workers
that If they became Importunate they
would be drafted Into the army and
sent tq the front. It was reported that
ne succeeded In convincing tho General
Staff that Unless this policy was adopted
Germany might be ruined by an indus
trial collapse.
JOHNSON COMING TO
'SMASH N. Y. MACHINE'
Calif ornian Hopeful After
Talk With Colder.
Special Detpatch to Tax Set ud Ksir Yon
HxxilD.
Washington. Feb. B. Senator Hiram
W. Johnson (Cal.) announced to-day he
vtould carry his Presidential campaign
into New York State. He believed he
Trculd get several delegates from New
York city, and hoped for a division up
State as well.
Senator Johnson talked frankly about
his plan with Senator Calder, who, It
Is reported, told Johnson If he made a
fight for New York It would "smash all
the political machines there." This view
seemed rather to please Johnson.
The Senator declared that he would
get a good showing of delegates In ills'
sourl, that he expects to control the
situation In Nebraska, and that the Da
kotas have developed a strong movement
for him.
The Johnson management Is attracted
especially to the opportunity in New
Jersey, because it has a popular primary
law.
PALMER ANNOUNCES
ACTIVE CANDIDACY
War on Profiteers, Regula
tion of Industries, Platform.
Sptdat Dttptteh to Tim Son akd New Voik
HtJUD.
Chicaoo, Feb. 2. Attorney-General A.
Mitchell Palmer, In Chicago for an hour
to-night, threw his hat Into tho Presi
dential ring. It was the first admission
by the Attorney-General that he would
permit active advocacy of his candidacy.
Air. Palmer said he would make his
war on profiteers and the regulation of
big Industries his chief platform plank.
Sir. Palmer said beginning this month,
prices would start down and reach nor
mal quickly.
The positive, statement that the Attorney-General
would enter the Demo
cratic fight caused political "dopesters"
to osjuma President Wilson would not
be a candidate for a third term. They
asserted the Attorney-General would not
have admitted his candidacy until he
knew the President's desires. Mr. Pal
mer would not comment on this.
tavo Year Ufa Frao Ttr Au Cfetla '
rir aeeaps lH?r-' Ass. TU Aysw Ce, I
NEW YORK,
EDWARDS SAYS
HE WILL FIGHT
FOR WET PLANK
Warns National Committee
Issue Will Come Before
Convention.
PARTY MUST FACE IT
Personal Liberty and State
Rights of Paramount
. Importance.
DANIELS HINTS AT BRYAN
Allusion Interpreted as In
dorsement of Ncbrnskan
for President.
'John Barleycorn" stalked unan
nounced Into the dinner given at tha
Hotel Commodore last night to Homer
S. Cummlngs, chairman of tho Demo
cratic State Committee, by the New
York city organization.
Gov, Edward I. Edwards of New Jer
sey, whoso friends have been booming
him for the nomination for President
on tl.'b prohibition Issue, although not
on the speakers' list, brought a care
fully prepared speech, In which he de
clared he would take the question of
personal liberty and State rights to
the national convention.
Tho Governor received the greatest
applause of the evening when a diner
called for three cheers for "the next
Democratic candidate for President"
Among the party chiefs present who
did not seem at all displeased at the
demonstration were Charles F. Mur
phy of Tammany Hall, Norman E.
Mack, member of the national com
mittee, and Frederick B. Lynch, vice
chairman of the committee.
When the managers of the dinner
heard what the Governor had prepared
they were Inclined at first to deny the
request of his friends ithat he be per
mitted to speak, 'being mindful Of the
lambasting Y'"Ham Jennings Bryan had
given to Chairman Cummlngs for say
ing nico things about Gov. Edwards at
the. Governors inaugural,,, banquet.UH
short time" ago.
Smith Also Rnpa Drjri.
Gov. Smith, kept away by Illness, sent
to the dinner a message In which he took
a wallop at the prohibition amendment.
Referring to personal llborty, he said : 1
"This precept of the Democratic faith
-In the recent past has been wilfully and
grievously sinned against, when In the
name of .democracy there was Imposed
upon one hundred million free people,
without their direct consent, a restriction
to their personal liberty which Russia In
her palmrest days never dreamed of."
"To mo this situation is a political
sacrilege," said Gov. Edwards, "and I
purpose to carry the fight to San Fran
cisco, regardless of what any man or set
of men may personally think, so as to
bring about a popular restatement of
the doctrine of State rights and popular
local home rule upon which our fathers
founded this Government.
"I bring this message to the National
Democratic Club of New York. We as
Democrats can only win next 'fall by
presenting a united and harmonious
front upon all great public questions.
The past 'lias gone beyond recall, but
out of that past a great national Issue
has arisen, and that Issue Is nothing
less than the old one our fathers had
to deal with In the creation of this re
public the issue of State rights and per
sonal liberty.
"I claim the people havo not spoken
on this subject. I deny the right of men
who wero elected to Congress upon to
tally different Issues and without any
reference to prohibition to saddle that
condition upon the American people
without a referendum on the subject.
The Issue was not presented in either
tho Democratic or Republican plat
forms, and the American people have
not been consulted. Unless we concede
to our Congress tho powers of masters
and dictators Instead of servants they
possess no authority to forco the will of
other people upon their constituents
without consulting them In a clean cut
Issue and upon a platform clearly sot
ting forth that Issue."
AUnslon to Bryan.
Although Mr. Edwards did not men
tion William Jennings Bryan by name,
he paid his respects to the Commoner
and the recent speeches which Mr.
Bryan has made against him, following
the Inaugural dinner which was at
tended by Mr. Cummlngs.
"Mr. Cummlngs's participation In that
affair," ' remarked Gov. Edwards, "has
caused a bit of a flurry, and notice has
been served upon him that further as
sociation with me will not be permitted.
I am hoping, therefore, that my pres
ence here to-night will not automatically
convert the honored - guest and his
friends -from falrmlnded men' Into what
some folks seem pleased to call the 'as
sociates of those who maintain a crim
inal business.' "
With tho exception of Gov. Edwards,
tho speakers of the evening Mr. Cum
mlngs, Josephus Daniels, Secretary of
the Navy, and others devoted their
oratory to highly laudable remarks con
cerning the Democratic Administration
and denouncing tho Republican Con
gress. The garnering was as representa
tive of tho State Democratic organiza
tion as the elements would "permit, and
the meeting of the State committee, pur
posely set for to-day, brought leaders
from every section of the State.
Daniels Creates Flurry."
The diners -Bat un and took nnHr
when Secretary Daniels made this state
ment, taken to refer to William Jen
nings Bryan: "It Is certain that tht
Democratic leaders'wlll have the wisdom
to go forward and nominate a crest
leader, who la himself a platform of
constructive legislation:"
But Secretary Daniels sprung some-
ife40sV I
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY
MINISTER'S
SON
TURNS TO THEFT
TO WIN FORTUNE
Robert Hull, 15, Planned to
Steal $10,000, Buy a Farm
and Become Honest.
CHUM ALSO ARRESTED
Two Slid Out of Church Scr
vice in Newark for First
Enterprise.
DIARY SHOWS ROBBERIES
Movies Too Slow for Hull, Ho
Says, When Boasting of His
Smartness and Skill.
A minister's son knelt among the
congregation of tho Clinton Avenue
Baptist Church In Newark ns tho Joy
ful bells rang In tho new year of 1320.
Had anybody troubled to observe this
overgrown, hulking noy, wun nw
heavy black hair and big, bulging
black eyes, ho would have seemed pi
ously In tune with tho folk who praved
for a better year, a year of honest
men, among other boons.
He seemed to pray, but his thoughts.
wero far from prayer, tjq saia 10
himself: "You never got anywhere
by being honest. You never lay up
anything by Just going to work. No,
not me, Robert Hull. I'm 16 now, and
by the time I am 45 I might have as
much as J5.000 If I pinched and saved
and worked like a dog. Then I would
bo too old and tired to enjoy life. No,
nothing like that. I want $10,000 by
the time I'm 18. Then, with my pal,
Harry Schultc. who ought to be able
to grab as much as I can get, I will
buy a farm and be square from then
. . ... .... .1.. . .
on. A larm. tnai H me iu; ik "
flowers and horses and dogs and fish
ing and hunting In tho fall."
When tho boy slipped out of the
church half an hour later wltn tils
chum, yoimg Schulte. son of a well to
do resident of Newark, living at
Stratford place, he had made up his
mind, with a curiously matueand tlxjsd
determination to become a ourGiar, ana
thereafter, until the inevitable detection
clamped a policeman's hand upon his
suoumer una pui mm in me u iu
prison, he applied to tho decision the
miaiinmi rt n rffmnrlrahtv minnfnff
shoulder and put him In the road to
resources of a remarkably cunning
mind. He started toward his home at
11 Astor street, wh6re he lived with His
father, the Rev. Robert Chapman Hall
a retired minister: but neither boy went
home.
Gets'lnsplratton In Chnrch.
"We had seen In the watch night
congregation Benjamin Llssner and his
wife," said the boy, telling tho story
yesterday at tho rooms of the Chil
dren's Society, "and we knew' they
would be In church for another hour or
more. So Harry and I slipped out of
the church after midnight and went to
tho Llssner house. It was easy as pie
to get in because the Schultes once bad
lived In the house and Harry knew the
lay. Besides, I had practised opening
locks with n hairpin. That was a lot of
work, but a feltow has to work almost
as hard being a burglar as he would
have to work going straight
"I searched Mrs. Llssner's bedroom
and picked up a lot of stuff that looked
like easy money, a vanity case, a pearl
necklace, a few rings and some other
odds and ends that would pawn cosily.
Tho fool maid heard something and we
had to hide several times, but finally
we got out Into the open, tucked the
loot away in our pockots, slipped back
to church and were in time for the final
prayers and benediction. I thought to
myself. 'Gee, wouldn't these old dodos
In the church be wild U they knew what
we had been up to!'
"When the service was over and we
were out In the street once more, wo
decided to skip Newark and take up our
proression in a new city. The next day
we landed In Troy and had a nleco of
luck right off the bat. The' maid at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel there left her mas-
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BLIZZARD PROSTRATES THE CITY;
HIGHEST TIDE ON RECORD HERE;
PLEA FOR COAL SENT TO WILSON
m
Broadway Cars on
Snowstorm Scene in
GERMAN LINERS
40 AT AUCTION
.
' Skipping: Companies Invited
. . . ... . ...
to Washington JMext week
to Make Bids.
SO OiE CAN HAVE ALL
Mercantile- Marine Offered
$28,000,000 for Lot; Ur
000,000 for Leviathan.
Washinoton, Feb. 5. President Wil
son has approved the sale of the
thirty former German passenger ves
sels, for which tho Shipping Board re
ceived bids recently, and negotiations
for tho sale will proceed, Chairman
Payne of the board announced to
night.
To meet objections of the War De
partment, which recently protested
against tho ealo of certain of the
liners as needed in its transport re
serve, .Mr. .Payne eald a clause would
be inserted in the sale contracts
specifically keeping the vessels under
the 'American flag and subject to the.
needs of the army in cose of a na
tional emergency.
None of the bids which the board
received for tho thirty liners in re
sponso to' its proposal made in De
cember has been cither accepted or
rejected, the chairman said. In order,
however, that the Government might
obtain the fairest prices for the fleet,
It was decided to dispose of tho ves
sels by public sale and the following
resolution --was passed " unanimously
by the board to-day:
"Jjejoifetf, That tne snip division be
and is hereby authorized to sell all ex-
German passenger ships, subject to the
approval or tne-boara as to each ship."
All operators of snipping Board ves
sels and other shipping companies will
bo Invited to come to' Washington the
middle of next week, the chairman
stated, and tho sale of tho vessels will
do conductca on tne principle of an
auction. No ono Intorest will be per
mitted to purchase tho whole fleet of
thirty ships, 31r. Payne eald, but If a
sufficient price 'Is offered for all tho
vessels allocated to one line, as the
newly established South American ser
vice or the proposed lines to Hamburg
and Southampton, a block; salo will be
made.
Among the bids which have been re
celved for the ships the chairman said
there was one of 2J,000,000 for the
whole fleet from the International Mer
cantile Marine and one from the same
corporation of J4.000.000 for the giant
uner .beviatman aione.
CHICAGO FLOUR
PRICES DECLINE
Market Feels Effect of Finan
cial Conditions Abroad.
Special Dttpatch. to Tnt Svx imd Niit You
Hiiuio. '
Chicago, Feb. 5, The Chicago flour
market. felt the effect of the Interna
tional financial depression to-day when
the best grades of flour declined S3 cents
a barrel. Flour that sold Wednesday at
wholesale for U5 a barrel dropped to
JH.75. Carload lots fell 'from 114.-75 to
114.E0.
Bakers' KradenfelL from 114 to U3JR.
Su - Iltrald Corporation
matter, 1M Offlce, New Tork, N. T.
Way to South Ferry Stalled by Snowdrifts
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New York; How the Office Workers Walked j
LATROBE SEIZED ON
MAIL FRAUD CHARGE
Bankrupt Broiler to Answer
for Client's $25,000 Loss.
As Laurason R. Latrobo left the bank
ruptcy c4urt yesterday after freely ad
mitting he could not account for the
three-quarters of a million dollars sent
him In purchase of stocks by 10,000 or
more clients throughout the country he
was arrested by a post office Inspector,
arraigned before United States Commis
sioner Hitchcock and held In 125,000 ball
charged with using the malls to defraud.
Latrobe's only apparent asset, known
In Wall Street's pet language as a
"sucker list," was advertised a few days
ego as the only residue from the fortune
that came to him and went from him.
He said yesterday his bank account
showed a balance of 15. He owns no
stocks or bonds. While he and a part
ner he said was named Jacqueline con
ducted the brokerage Arm oi L. It. La
trobe & Co. nt 111 Broadway every mall
brought in now sums from those who
fielded to the attraction at his adver
tisements zor an Instalment plan stock
purchase, he testified.
The money accumulated so fast it was
dealt with in a lump sum. No separate
accounts were kept In banks. In fact
Latrobe confessed readily that he could
not remember mere details. He did re
call that, ho gave his wife J 10,000 a year
for tho last five years, he said, but
otherwise the money sent him by those
whose names form tho comic and tragic
"sucker list" might as well have evap
orated. Latrobe estimated his liabili
ties at $210,000, rather than the 1750,000
named by counsel for creditors.
SOVIET "FOR PEACE"
IN PLEA TO POLAND
Says Russian People Aspire
to tnd All Wars.
London, Feb. 5. A wireless despatch
from Moscow transmitsthe Soviet GOV'
ernment's "appeal to Poland." In It Is
affirmed that the Russian people are as
piring to world' reorganization and the
ending of all wars, and that "In order
to obtain this peace tho Russians nro
entirely renouncing any aggressive pol-.
icy." x
The declaration says the enemies of
tho laboring masses of Poland and Itua
sla still arc attempting to put. tho two
nations against each other, which con
stitutes their '"last hope" In obstructing,
the Russian workers and peasants, and
adds: "Our peace proposals , prove that
we have no desire for u conquest of Po
land."
FOREIGN INSURANCE
ON SHIPS QUESTIONED
American Owners Advised to
. Look Into Policies.
Washington, Feb. 5 American ship
owners whose vessels are Insured In for
eign companies were, urged ,to-day by
Chairman Edmonds of the House Mer
chant Marine 4fub-CommIttee on In
surance to examine their policies to de
termine whether their protection Is ade-
Q-jat: under the existing- low rato of. ex
change.
'Hundreds of millions of dollars of
Insurance In this country are written In
British companies and are made payable
In pounds," sold Mr. Edmonds. "A pol
icy In an English company which before
the war would in tho event of a loss pay.
J 1.000. at the present rate would pay
J600. Every person having a policy of
insurance should Insist on having an
agreement to be paid in American dollars
or should cancel the policy and place It
In some reliable American company."
t AVOID P.VEUMONIA. 1
rrtfe that cold uromstlr with JAtW
Jeka'a'MeekUt. Ho loeJwl.-Jld.
PRICE TWO CENTS
IN NOW YORK CITY AND BUnUltnB..
TRAFFIC, LIGHT,
HEAT NEAR END
Blizzard and Seizures by U. S.
of Fuel Trains Bring
Gravest Crisis,,
2-DAY TRACTION SUPPLY
Immediate Curtailment
Seen, With Complete Sus
pension Possible.
Is
Unless tho weather and the United
States Railroad Administration decide
that it is of paramount importance
that New York city bo provided with
transportation, beat and light and
comes to that decision within a day or
so, this city Is doomed to an utter
absence of these most, important fea
tures of metropolitan life.
The situation, to quoto the Mayor
and Public Service . Commissioner
NIxon.'ls not a new one, but the latter
contends that It was never more poign
ant. Yesterday Mr. Nixon said so In
letters and telegrams to President
Wilson, United States Senators Wads
worth and Colder, Max Thclen, the
director of public servlco division of
tho Railroad Administration, and to
Mayor Hylan.
While he admlta that the current bill
zard and tho traffic conditions at sea
and on land have something to do with
the shortage of fuel In the bins of the
various public service corporations he
contends In his telegrams and letters
and in a subsequent statement to the
newspapers that tho Railroad Adminis
tration is to blame becauso it arbi
trarily seizes coal that has been pur
chased by and Is on Its way to the
bunkers of the local public service
power plants.
Mr. Nixon says that unless there la
Immediate rejlef the Interborough Rapid
Transit and the Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit Company will have to diminish radl
cally the number of their trains. In
the case of the latter, he says, .either
train service must be curtailed or com'
pletelv suspended.
But Frank Hedley, president of the
Interborough. la less pessimistic regard
ing his corporation. He declared yes.
terday that despite Mr. Nixon's lnsis.
tenco that the I. R. T, would have to
abbreviate Its servlco nothing of the
sort waa Imminent, although the cars
would be cold, as It waa decided It
.would bo better to have the cars a bit
colder but Just as numerous.
Hedley More Optimistic.
Mr. Hedley eald the public need not
be apprehensive ot any cessation of
operation or (He suoways or the elevated
lines Just yet
"My statement, ot course. Is based on
ths assumption that ths company Vvlit
continue to receive the cooperation that
It Is now receiving from all parties con
cerned In the securing ot a continuous
supply of coal," said he. "This after
noon the. outlook, as the result of ef
forts to-day, Is better than It was this
mOriting, We have barges In sight that
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THREE) CENTS
ON TRAINB AND BL.SBW11BHB.
Snow Overwhelms Street
Cleaning Department, De
pleted by Influenza.
STllEET'TRAFFIC HALTS
Sound and Coast Shipping
Either Tied Up or Badly
Hampered.
1.2,000 SHOVELERS NEEDED
All Trains Late, Commuters
Kept nt Homo nnd General
Business Lags.
Hvcn .Inmcs Henry Scnrr, wentuer
(mnn, who tnkes storms In Ills grasp
nn other men tnko bouquets, nnd meas
ures, clnBslfles and tnbulntcs them,
ndmlttcd-ycstcnlny Hint New York
city had been visited by qulto n bad
storm. Therefore It Is unanimous1
Hint a meteorological disturbance.
mnnlfeKtlnK Itself In snow, ruin and
linll.MeKcendcd on tlio city Wednes
day and josterdny anil tied novernl
very stilt kpots In man's puny clvlli
v.ntlon, nnd moro particularly I" bin
rnllroiiils, elevated lines, trolloy sys
tems, shipping, telephone linos, fcrrlejf.
motor transport anil ,llro lighting
mnchlncry-
The partlnl paralysis of traffic and
communication meant, of course. Uje
iIow-Iiir down ot huslnoss In every
lino. Snowbound Absentees caused
rulterlnK In tho administration of Jn
tiro and the nelllng ot toothpicks, In
tlio londlng of ships nnd tlio teaching
ofvlinppy and Inattentive schoolboys.
In tho trading In tlio Stock Exchange
and the distribution of milk. But tho
Itepuhltc still Uvea In these parts, and
u Tlrooklyn pnper yqsterdny under a
two column scarehend proudly nn
nounced the nddtJon ot twelve uow
citizens to the popuaJJ4n of itfco. bor
ouc'h In tbo very stormiest hours of
the, night.
rternll DIUznrd of '68.
And those who don't llko snow,
which classification Includes a large
port of the grownup populaUon of the
city, among whom may be very promi
nently menUoned Arnold B. MacStay.
Commissioner ot Street Cleaning, may
take comfort frbm tho silver lining
turned out by Mr. Scarr yesterday
afternoon when he had announced (ho
fall.vas about seven inches. "
"If a good part ot tlio precipitation
had not been sleet," ho said, "the fall
would probably have measured from
14 fo 16 inches."
More consolation can bo derived
from the fact that tho storm which
smote tho city does not compare in the
least, despite many comparisons made
yesterday, to New York's famous old
blizzard of '88. Then it snowed for.
three days, covering everything under
40 Inches of snow. Mr. Scarr said ho
expected some sort of precipitation,
rain, snow or sleet, to conUnuo until
this morning, but he did not seem to
believe It would amount to very much.
Whllo the snow and sleet woe doing
its worst tho ocean Joined in tho dance
and sent the highest tides ever re
corded in this section of the country In
upon the land. Millions of dollars of
domago was dono all along tbo New
Jersey and Long Island coasts, and
hotels, bungalows and boardwalks'
drifted out to sea In shattered splin
ters, ns tho result nt thn nnnl.inirht.
(Seabright, N. J.; Staten Island, Coney
Island and Rockaway Beach suffered
chiefly, but almost everywhere the,
ocean succeeded in doing heavy dam
age. Everywhere, too, the storm, tide and
ice harried shipping and damaged ves
sels. Fivo Long Island Sound steam
ships were reported icebound off Ex
ecution Light, opposite New Rocbeile,
and cno of these, tho Maine, -was said
to bo on tho rocks. She is in no danger.
Reports of barges lifted from their
moorings by tho Udo and drifting
away wero frequent.
Agitators Added Some Wind,
Tho storm, born ot conflicting air curt
rents further down the Atlantic coast,
'was the worst of the season, and the
streets, according to Harry Hart, of the
snow removal bureau of the Street
Cleaning Department, are In worso con
dition than they have been in twenty
years. Tne worK oi geiung ui uw
seven Inch blanket was very much held
up by a shortage of men ana oy me ei
forts of agitators to get snow shovelleS
to refuw tn work for less than II an
hour, with 91.50 for overtime.
Mnr than 180 men In the street clean
ing districts. Including that from Sixth
avenue to the North River between For
tv.weond and Forty-ninth streets, threw
down their shovels when their demand
for a dollar an Hour was reiuseu. iney
were getting 50 cents. An appeal was
..nf m ihm Police Department to watch
agitators who might attempt to win
away more employees.
The department neeas. Becoming 10
its estimates. 14,000 emergency men for
ih elaht hour shift, but yeiderday
an able to nut on the streets a tfel of
only 3,535 men. Including; all sblhi la
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